(Ebook - SEX) Penis Enlargement Manual
(Ebook - SEX) Penis Enlargement Manual
(Ebook - SEX) Penis Enlargement Manual
General advice
How to do it
Use your hands
Hang light weights
Mechanical
attachments
Mechanical pulling
Other ideas
Penis anatomy
Measuring your
penis
PC Exercises
(Kegels)
FAQ
FORUM
Penis links
NEWS:
1/16/01: February 2001 Playboy magazine features quotes from this site in an article
on penis enlargement. Despite pretending to debunk the whole issue, they open with
reference to the fact that it works -- citing the Karamojong tribe in northeastern
Uganda, where boys come out of puberty with 18" penises (see 'Hang Light
Weights' page for photo) they have to tie in knots,. Playboy quotes me me
extensively outlining basic techniques, and debunking pumping.
5/19/00: new rip-off site spotted. If they're stealing the exact words from this site to promote
the program, what do you suppose they're selling?
1/20/00: All About Penis Enlargement featured in the Boston Phoenix
General advice
when weall go out together. Who knows, maybe we'll even be able to talk her into a
threesome. He and I are game for it.
I like men and I love to suck a hard dick and to enjoy sex. If I had to choose, I would be
looking for a lot more than just penis size and I think I'm not too different than most other
women. The women I know focus more on who the penis is attached to than on the size of the
penis.
Pulling techniques
Dry Milking
Pull outward with your thumb and forefinger without sliding your
fingers over the skin. Change to the 'OK' sign when your penis
becomes semi-erect. Pull the base for a while, then work on the
middle of your penis shaft. You can squeeze more or pull more,
depending on how tired your hand gets. Your hands will get
stronger with this exercise! Try it in bed: lie on your back, bend
one knee, and pull to that side.
'Uli' Stretch
The 'Uli Stretch' is a name someone gave another variation: squeeze,
pull and hold.
Questions
How often should I milk? It's entirely your choice. Here's one
suggestion: 200-300 strokes/day at medium strength for the first
week. 300-500 strokes/day at medium-full strength for the next
week. 500 or more strokes/day from then on, as strong as you want.
Some people suggest days off - one day a week or every other day.
Use your own judgment.
What if I get an erection? Be careful with a full erection - you can
apply too much pressure and hurt yourself. Squeeze the head and
hold to discourage it, or simply wait until it subsides. Dry milking
might work better for you if erections are a problem.
What about ejaculating? Avoid the head and frenum area (behind
and below the head), since these are very stimulating. But
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inevitably I find the urge to ejaculate strong, especially milking with lubricant.
What if it hurts? No penis enlargement should hurt. A good milking session may leave you
comfortably sore from the stretching, but should not be painful. Milking over the head can
make it quite sore. Milk just the shaft of your penis.
My penis is oddly swollen after a lot of milking - why? If you're circumcised, you may
experience swelling at your circumcision scar after several hundred strokes. This 'doughnut
effect' is from fluid buildup and goes away after a few hours.
Hands
How to Enlarge the Male Penis..... Increase it 2-4 inches
Author unknown. Copied from Swank Magazine; found on the web
(Oh by the way - what does a female penis look like?)
For centuries males have employed multifarious inventions and stretching methods in the
ardent hope of enlarging their penises. The penis is man's most over and direct physical
expression of his mental or emotional love, so it is understandable that he should feel a desire
to make the very instrument of his love as large and strong as the emotions he feels. If the
average man, be he ever so well-endowed already, could add an inch or two of "proud flesh"
to his penis by merely snapping his fingers, the combined sound of those snapping fingers
would raise a din that could be heard around the world. But for the average man to employ an
actual proven method to enlarge his penis, he must first overcome the natural disinclination to
admit being "average", then he must shed his inhibitions and set to work doing the singular
exercise which will guarantee him a permanently larger and more sexually potent penis.
The middle-aged or older male will achieve results as swiftly and permanently as the younger
male.
The average man's penis is merely a muscle (oh really?) that has never been developed; it
will respond to the correct stimulus like any other comparatively unexercised skeletal muscle.
An increase in penis size cannot be accomplished overnight; but from within three months to a
year the average individual will be able to increase both the length and the circumference of
the penis extensively. This simple exercise, if practiced five days a week, will enable a man
who possesses, for example, a six-inch erect penis, to add from two to four inches to the
length of his penis (measured at the top, from the tip to the pelvis) and it will grow in
circumference proportionately. Little or no growth will be apparent for approximately one
month; during the second or third month an increase of two or more inches will not be
uncommon.
Results are permanent. The penis will become enlarged in both the flaccid and erect states. but
especially in its erect state. The exercise is beneficial, not harmful; it will actually improve the
health and strength of the male organ as well as increase its size.
There are individuals who have actually doubled the length of their penises after less than a
year of regularly performing this exercise (such gains, however, are comparatively rare; these
individuals had exceptionally small penises to begin with). One example on file is that of J.
Marshall of Southgate, CA, who prior to exercising, had a penis only four and a half inches in
length. After less than a year of regularly performing the "milking' exercises, he doubled its
length. The exercise will greatly enhance one's vasocongestion; the penis, in it erect state, will
become as hard as a length of pipe. It will become somewhat more firm in even its flaccid
state and its head (glans) may actually double in size. Penis length, which is developed purely
by stretching methods, will actually cause the penis to lose in circumference. Unless there is a
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certain amount of tumescence present, the penis, when stretched, will become long an thin
like any other material object that is stretched to increase its length. Stretching is fine. And
effective. But for one to increase the length of one's penis at the expense of circumference
would be rather like trading a short snake for a long worm. So what we must do is perform
some sort of stretching exercise while the penis is in a partially erect state. This will develop
the entire penis; its length, thickness, weight, density and glans will all become
proportionately enlarged. This is not an unpleasant or tiring exercise to perform. We suggest
that it be performed in the bathroom and in front of a mirror.
The individual should be nude (at least from the waist down) and the temperature of the room
should be on the warm side rather than cool. A bit of Vaseline or petroleum jelly is required...
approximately one-half a teaspoon. This is applied to the flaccid penis from the hilt to the
head. Then, using only the thumb and forefinger, the penis is gently but firmly stretched
downward and slightly outward, using first one hand and then the other in an alternating
"milking" action. This squeezing stretching action is performed gently until a certain amount
of tumescence (swelling) develops; then the milkings are performed a bit more firmly and
forcibly. One must take it easy for about ten days. The milking should be performed
approximately one hundred times. But gradually, within a month, one should be performing
about two hundred repetitions.
The exercises are the same for both circumcised and uncircumcised men. It will be noticed
that the head (or glans) becomes extremely red and that it will swell considerably. This is
normal and good, and is due to the forcing of blood to that area. NOTE: Care must be taken
that the exercise is not performed during hard erection. Vascular (vein) damage could result if
the penis is forcibly milked in its fully erect state. A condition of from one hall to three
quarters of full erection is desirable, results cannot be obtained until a partial erection is
present. It will be noticed that the penis (even in its flaccid state) appears both longer and
thicker after the exercise has been performed. This is a fact. And from within one to several
months the penis, after exercise, will appear rather enormous; this is due to the impaction of
blood in the penile tissues which the milking engenders.
After approximately one month the milkings can be performed quite vigorously, using a
firmer grip on the shaft of the penis and stretching it strongly, (The connective muscles
become quite strong and will not be harmed.)
It may be found for a short time that one's erections, after exercising, are not quite as firm; this
is only a temporary condition (it should last no more than an hour) caused by fatigue in the
erectile tissues. The man's sex life will in no way be adversely affected; on the contrary, he
will discover an increase in his ability to get harder, last longer and eventually, retain his
erection even after ejaculation. Care must be taken that sufficient Vaseline is used to keep the
penis shaft well lubricated while performing the exercise, otherwise the rather excessive
friction may burn or bruise the flesh. A slight; pelvic tenderness or soreness may be felt the
first few days, but this will soon pass, and even the most vigorous milking will not cause it to
return. When, after several months (or perhaps a year), the penis has reached the size the
individual desires, the exercise may be performed only occasionally (perhaps once a week).
By so doing the penis will remain permanently enlarged and the occasional massage will keep
it well toned and in a state of super condition and health.
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The milkings should be performed rather swiftly, using first one hand and then the other in a
sort of rhythmic motion; after the exercise is performed the individual may grasp the penis at
its base with the thumb and the first two fingers and, cupping the testicles in the other hand to
protect them, slap the penis swiftly up and down from twenty five to fifty repetitions; this
limbers it up after the milkings and helps to relax the connective muscles.
The growth results from this milking exercise are not unusual or mysterious... not even a
miracle. It is the partial vasocongestion, along with the vigorous milking, that engenders
increased penis size. Results will be obtained regardless of the individual's age, as long as
partial tumescence is present when the really vigorous milkings are performed.
The exercise should be performed only once a day, five days a week. An excellent time to
perform it is before taking a shower; the warm water further relaxes the connective muscles
and the lubricant can then be washed from the penis.
I know of no other exercise or stretching method which will both lengthen and thicken the
penis. The exercise does require persistence and patience, but the individual who truly desires
to possess a larger penis will find no better way to achieve definite results.
Photo: Peabody.
Swim cap is used to hold these weights in place
Experiment with one-pound wrist weights or golf club swing weights in the sporting goods
section, or any other flexible weight you can strap comfortably to your penis.
Homemade 'Circle Device'
(see Circle Device). Very compact, but difficult to construct. You will need: lead, or
(safer) lead-free pipe solder, container with sand or plaster of Paris, heat source (camp
stove, kitchen stove), ladle to melt metal in, large vice and hammer (not needed for lost
wax technique).
Cast two flat metal ingots approximately 6 cm x 5 cm x .75 cm, using a sand or
plaster mold. Caution: molten metal can be dangerous.
When cool, use hammer and vice to curve them (this is noisy and hard work!).
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Thoroughly cover in duct tape or Plasti-Grip (the stuff used on tool handles) to
avoid lead contact with skin.
Put tape on both sides to create a hinge. Do this while holding the pieces as close
as possible to the actual position they'll be in when used, to avoid pinching.
Hold in place with two rubber bands.
Lost wax casting: Alternately, form two wax slabs approximately 6 cm x 5 cm x .75 cm, and
curve them to a radius approximately twice that of your flaccid penis. Fill a wide paper cup or
other disposable container with enough wet plaster to accommodate both wax forms. Set them
on end in the plaster, and let the plaster set for an hour or more. Overnight is best.
Using your heat source, heat the plaster until the wax melts and runs out. (Don't drip the
molten wax onto an open flame!!!) You can use hot water to melt the wax, but let the mold
dry thoroughly before pouring molten metal!
Pour molten metal into forms.
After a few minutes, drop the mold into cold water. When cool, break away plaster and clean
up your cast ingots. File them to remove sharp edges.
Bean Bag
I made one of these to mimic the Circle Device. It
wasn't very good.
Use denim or other cloth, lead weights (used
wheel balancing weights), needle and thread,
rubber bands.
Start with a 20x20 cm piece of material
Cut out a 10 cm x 10 cm corner, leaving an "L"
shape
Fold one flap over to hold weight
Sew it closed, and wrap around penis, holding in
pace with elastic bands (or Velcro).
Sock
Crude, but a quick way to test the idea.
You will need: An old sock, some coins, rubber bands.
Put coins in a sock.
Wrap sock around your penis (pull your penis while doing this). Keep wrapping (to
keep coins from falling out!).
Hold in place with 2 or 3 rubber bands. It's not perfect, but you'll get the idea.
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Mechanical attachments
Materials: rubber (latex) swim cap (from sporting goods store), string.
Cut a 4" x 8" (10 X 20 cm) piece from the swim cap.
Clean it well with detergent and dry. The stickier the latex, the less tightly you will need
to wrap it - wash repeatedly if necessary!
Condom technique
Mechanical Pulling
Pull with weights
What materials will I need? For weights, you can use anything:
barbell weights, lead tire weights in a small stuff sack, a plastic jug
with water, etc., etc. If you can make it small enough, you can wear
shorts and hang penis and weight over the edge of your computer
chair as you work.
How much weight? Start with 2-3 pounds (1-1.5 kg). Each week, add
weight in 1/2 pound (.25 kg) increments, or more if comfortable.
Work up to ten pounds (4.5 kg) or more.
How long? Hang weight for 10 minutes, then remove for 10 minutes. You can increase this
time later, but always monitor carefully. Remember to remove weights regularly!
How often? I hung weights for one full hour (takes a total of two hours with breaks) morning
and afternoon, every day.
What else? Do PC exercises every few minutes while hanging to encourage circulation. Stop
immediately if you experience pain, excessive coldness, numbness or discoloration.
Pull around your waist
This is awkward to put on and remove, but as long as
somebody's trying to sell it for DM 298 (~$US
160)(www.penisplus.com.), you might as well know about it.
Other ideas
Vacuum pumping
Surgery
Bulky homemade stretcher
Foam pipe insulation
Another guy's weights article
Online instructions bought for $10 in 1996
The "Home Hardware Extender," before assembly, with screwdriver, two drill bits and
surgical gauze (not shown). Note the various holes drilled into the cut, filed, and sanded PVC
parts.
PARTS REQUIRED
Latex tubing 1/4" O.D., 1' $1.00+ (per foot) (available at Medical
Supply and/or Aquarium Supply stores)
Schedule 40 Flush Bushing PVC (1) 2" x 1-1/2" $1.10
Schedule 40 PVC Coupling (1) 2" I.D. $1.10
Turnbuckles (2) 5/32", 4-3/4" Eye/Eye $1.60 total
Gate Hook & Eye (2) 2 1/2" $0.70 package
Wing Nuts (2) $0.70 package
Metal Washers (4) $0.25 total Machine Screws (4) 5/32" x 3/4"
$0.70 package
Metal Nuts (2) 5/32" $0.70 package
Metal Springs (2) 1/4" x 1/2"-3/4" x .020" (0.5mm) $1.25 package
Rolled Gauze, Sterile, 2" width $2.00
Large Metal Paper Binder Clip $0.50
TOOLS REQUIRED
Wood Saw
Metal Saw
Drill and Bits (1/4", 5/32")
Screwdriver
Vise
Sandpaper (60 - 150 grades)
Pliers
File
Scissors
CONSTRUCTING the HOME HARDWARE EXTENDER
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Drill two 5/32" holes into the PVC Flush Bushing, opposed from each other, and about 3/4"
from the bottom (where the lip extends). If desired, saw off about 3/8" from the top of the
PVC Flush Bushing so that there will be more room through which the penis may be pulled
and maneuvered. If the PVC Flush Bushing is not round along the inner rim, you should file
and sand it so for safety and comfort. The bottom of the base may be lined with foam rubber
strips for a greater comfort. Additionally, you may file and sand the PVC Flush Bushing in
such a manner as to make a more ergonomic fit.
With a pair of pliers, carefully remove each of the wood screws from each of the pair of Gate
Hooks. Saw off the curved ends of the Gate Hooks and file the ends smooth.
Upon each of the 5/32" diameter, 1/2" long Machine Screws, thread a washer, an eye-end of
each of the two Gate Hooks, and another washer or two. Carefully screw each assembly
through the opposing holes of PVC Flush Bushing. Preferably, no metal should protrude
through the either side of the bushing. Each Screw-Turnbuckle assembly should be firmly in
place, with the turnbuckles perpendicular to the PVC Flush Bushing.
Saw the 2" PVC Coupling latitudinally so that the length measures about 1 3/4"; then saw it
longitudinally so that a "half pipe" results. Drill 2 5/32" holes into the half pipe on opposite
sides, each about 1/2" from the rounded base, and 3/8 from the sides.
Drill two 1/4" holes about 3/8" apart (measured between radii) and 1/2" from the top of the
half- pipe. Through these holes will the rubber or latex tubing be threaded. Sand the half pipe
round and smooth. You may saw the top corners of half pipe for a more ergonomic design (as
in Figure 1), but be careful not to compromise structural integrity.
Thread a Wing Nut and a large metal washer onto each of the 2 3/4" Machine Screws and then
drive the resulting 2 assemblies into each of the 5/32" holes in the half pipe.
Place a small metal washer and a small spring onto each of the perpendicular Gate Hooks, and
then drop each of the Turnbuckles (sans eye hook). The fit should be smooth. If not add or
subtract washers from the Gate Hook assemblies.
Thread the Latex Tubing through the 1/4" holes in the half pipe. Due to the tightness, you may
need to pinch the tip of the Tubing. The Tubing should be held firmly by the holes, but you
may use a large metal paper binder clip for added stability.
MEASURING THE TENSION
Thread the two 1/4" holes in the Home Hardware Extender with string and then thread the tail
of the remaining string through the Flush Bushing assembly. Tie the string to carefully
measured weights of 0.6 kg (1.3 lbs.), 0.9 kg (2.0 lbs.), 1.2 kg (2.6 lbs.), or 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs.).
Plastic water bottles make good weights (1 pint = 1 pound, 500 ml = 0.5 kg, etc.). Hold the
Home Hardware Extender with one hand, and with the other, a ruler to measure the depression
of the springs. Carefully measure and note the length of the springs for each of the remaining
weights.
For example, the 2 springs on the example in Fig. 1 (each 5/8" long, and 0.020" gauge)
depress to a length of about 1/2" with 1.3 lbs. (0.6kg), 3/8" with 2.2 lbs. (1.0kg), and 1/4" with
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3.3 pounds (1.5 kg). You may mark in ink or crayon the results for each weight on the gate
hook.
Over time, you may need to extend the device, and therefore the penis, by twisting the
turnbuckles further in order to obtain the same tension. This is due to extension and/or growth
of the penis.
USING THE HOME HARDWARE EXTENDER
With the device in two parts (Bushing/Turnbuckle and Half-Pipe/Tubing), pull the penis
through the PVC Bushing, with the Turnbuckles at their minimum length. Then loop the penis
head through the tubing and tighten by pulling from the other side. Carefully, pull the
Half-Pipe/Tubing assembly until the Turnbuckle hooks can be attached and screwed tight to
the Machine Screws in the Half- Pipe. This procedure takes about 1-3 minutes. Tension is
increased or decreased by twisting the turnbuckles. You may use a large metal paper binder
clip to hold the rubber tubing protruding from the back side of the Half-Pipe in place.
It is recommended that you wrap the glans and coronal groove of the penis in about 20 cm
(8") of sterile Surgical Gauze for comfort, to reduce the chance of pinching where PVC and
Tubing meet, to avoid sticking of tubing to sensitive skin after long stretch sessions, and for
hygiene.
During the first 2-3 weeks of your traction regimen, initial tension should be no less than 0.6
kg (1.3 lb.) and no more than 0.9 kg (2.0 lbs.); time in traction should start at 4 to 6 hours per
day. After the regimen of the first 2-3 weeks, increase the tension to between 0.9 kg and 1.2
kg; daily use should increase to 8-12 hours. You should wear the device for 10-12 hours per
day for 3-6 months to gain acceptable results.
Fig. 6. The "Home Hardware Extender" when worn. Note the sterile gauze rolled around the
head of the penis, and the metal paper binder clip (underneath the PVC "half-shell") holding
the tubing in place.
Check the color and temperature and feeling of the glans periodically. If it turns blue or cold
or numb remove the device immediately, wait 10 minutes and reattach, making sure that the
fit is not as snug, or the extension not as severe. If the noose is attached correctly, erections
should not pose any problem, since as the penis grows, the pull will lessen, and the Latex
tubing will expand when the head swells. Sometimes the penis will slip out of the Extender,
but given correct placement of the Gauze this should not pose a danger.
As with other "Extenders," if traction is more than about 1.0 kg (2.2 lbs.) of pull or more, the
device should be worn continuously for no more than about 2 hours, with 10-15 minute breaks
between sessions. Trimming the pubic hair to prevent snagging in the base-plate assembly is
also recommended. For many users, including the author, 1 to 1.5 hour sessions are more
comfortable, if less convenient.
If wearing the device for over 2 hours (or overnight), exercise EXTREME CAUTION. Do not
use more than 0.6 kg (1.3 lb.) of pull, and adjust the Surgical Tubing so it is as loose as
possible without the glans slipping out. Gently exercise the penis immediately after use.
Involuntary detachment while sleeping may occur, but this should not be dangerous.
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Hot compresses (towels soaked in hot water and wrung dry) may alleviate some of the
discomfort encountered while wearing an Extender-Type Device, as might directly inserting
the penis into warm water. This can be done before, during, after, or between traction
sessions. Such "heat therapy treatment" will not only feel pleasant, it will also increase the
flow of blood to ligaments, nerves, tendons, and the small amount of muscle tissue in the
penis. Some studies have even suggested that heat can increase the rate of tissue distraction.
APPENDIX A
Notes from the Author
I have used both the "Home Hardware Extender" and the "PeniStretcher." There is little
difference in feeling upon the penis between the two. The PeniStretcher is lighter, smaller, has
more precision machined parts, and is a bit more comfortable where the head of the penis is
attached. The "Home Hardware Extender" is actually easier to attach to the penis (the
"PeniStretcher" often requires three hands!), and is a bit more comfortable at the base where
the device rests against the pubic bone (the "PeniStretcher" often tears pubic hairs and crimps
tissue from the scrotal sac). Both devices can be worn continuously and comfortably for at
least 2 hours if the stretch is not too severe. I wrap the head of my penis with surgical gauze
before wearing either device for added comfort. I also use hand lotion to reduce the
discomfort of having the skin being snagged or pinched. I have worn the PeniStretcher when
sleeping with no ill effects. Urination when in traction is awkward, but not insurmountable. I
have never experienced any bruises, bleeding, serious pain, or erectile difficulties that I could
attribute to the use of either device.
Erections were not adversely affected, indeed they often became harder (and of course longer)
than ever experienced before. Whether this is due to the placebo effect, experimental bias, or
the effects of actual tissue distraction or stretching of suspensory ligaments is unknown.
CONCLUSION: The gains may be valid, but extensive TIME must be devoted to achieve
measurable, much less acceptable, results. It is unknown whether the rate will increase or
decrease over time, or whether the results will even be permanent. I encourage others to
improve upon the ergonomics of my device.
Foam pipe insulation ('Shafter')
This device is cheap and comfortable, and easy to remove. However, it is conspicuous and can
cut off circulation if you're not careful. I got the biggest scare of my P.E. career when I added
light weights to this device and left it on for a while.
You'll need soft water pipe insulation, which costs around US$1- for six feet (2m).
The next technique to learn is heavy weights and their application. Heavy weights build girth
as well as length, but they build much more width than the lighter training methods. The only
problem with going straight into heavy weights, as I have read from various responses to my
program, is that their is a noticeable diminution in gains after a period of a few months or so,
something which does not typically occur with light weights. This phenomena can be
explained quite simply. Lighter weights for longer of periods of time apply a light, constant
tension to the penis which gradually stretches it outwards, away from the body. Some of the
increased length may be due to the one or two inches of erectile tissue already located within
your body, on the inside wall of the abdomen. The rest may occur from some cellular growth,
although stretching does NOT stimulate cells to divide. That is yet another myth.
Heavy weights, on the other hand, apply a much stronger load in a shorter period of time. The
stress of having too hold five or more pounds causes the penis to become stronger. As it does
so, the penis grows in girth and in length to accommodate the extra weight it is forced to hold.
The only problem with this is that over time, the penis becomes 'too' strong, so much so that
the amount of weight necessary to achieve any gains reaches a level of impracticality. In
following my guidelines, you can achieve a larger amount of length before you even
encounter this 'heavy weight barrier.'
After your period of light weights has been successfully completed, it is now time to move on
to heavy weight techniques. In order to apply heavy weights in the beginning, you must
exercise about one hour, every other day: in total, a period of three to four weeks. By hanging
for ten minutes and then resting for five minutes, the total amount of time needed for a heavy
weight session is about an hour and an half. For the first two weeks, keep the weights between
five and seven pounds. After two weeks, you may wish to go higher to eight or to ten pounds.
After this period of heavy weights, you'll notice a dramatic increase in girth as well as some
increase in length. For instance, my measurements increased approximately 0.5 an inch in
length and more than 0.75 inches in girth!!!
Following my routine, you should achieve noticeable gains within a period of a couple
months. Here is just a little information on my results:
Starting Measurements:
Flaccid Length: 4.25 inches
Flaccid Girth: 4 inches
Erect Length: 5.75 inches
Erect Girth: 5.5 inches
After Light Weight Period:
Flaccid Length: 5 inches
Flaccid Girth: 4 inches
Erect Length: 7 inches
Erect Girth: 5.75 inches
After Heavy Weight Period:
Flaccid Length: 5.5 inches
Flaccid Girth: 4.75 inches
Erect Length: 7.5 inches
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The third exercise is interesting, and not mentioned elsewhere on this site;
Lets start off with a reminder. When you requested this information you signed a form that
told you to seek a Doctors opinion before using this program. It is recommended that you
allow a Medical Doctor to examine this information, that you explain your desire and intent to
him, and that you get a complete physical to make sure you have no medical problems. No
guarantees are made by the author or seller of this information. THESE PROCEDURES ARE
USED AT YOUR OWN RISK AND ARE PROVIDED AS GENERAL INFORMATION
ONLY! O.K., lets get to the meat of it.
To enlarge your penis and make permanent increases in it will require you to under take a
program that will take 40 minutes a day in the beginning and 3 hours a day at the advanced
level. You will notice some discomfort while undergoing this program. There are five separate
techniques used in this program.
1. Exercises.
First exercise. As you urinate, repeatedly squeeze the muscles that stop the flow of urine. At
first you may only be able to stop the flow for a second or two, but, keep at it until you can
stop the flow as long as you want. Then allow the flow to start again, after it has started, stop
it again. Each time try to stop it as forcefully as you can. You will want to repeat this
procedure as many times as possible throughout the day. This will help to strengthen the
muscles involved in ejaculating, making your ejaculations much more forceful. You will also
find that when erect performing this squeezing will cause your penis to jerk upwards (this can
be pleasing to your partner). Finally this will help maintain a hard erection by limiting the out
flow of blood from the penis during arousal.
Second exercise. While maintaining an erection place some weight on the end of your penis.
In the beginning it may be a towel hung from your penis. You may want to use heavier
weights as your muscles controlling your penis become stronger. You can tie a slip not in a
shoe string, loop it around the head of your penis, and tie a weight to the other end. The
objective here is to gain control over the movement of your penis. Try to make your penis
stand higher, and move from side to side. Again at first there may be little movement but with
practice you can get a fair amount of movement and control. Try to vary the amount of time
you keep your penis in its altered position. This will again provide you with a stronger
erection, more control over it and will help to limit the out flow of blood during an erection.
Third exercise. This can be done any time anywhere, though I would start in front of a mirror
to monitor my success. You can be erect or flaccid while doing this exercise. It may be easier
to see the what's happening in the beginning if you are hot, allowing your testicles to hang
low. You will want to try to raise your testicles, using your groin muscles, to the base of your
penis, then let the fall to the normal position. Do this quickly and about 100 repetitions 3-5
times a day. Once your accomplished at this exercise you could even do it sitting on the edge
of your chair at work. This again is strengthening the muscles involved in erection, causing
more blood to flow to your groin to supply the larger, more powerful muscles.
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2. Hot compress.
The hot compress is nothing more than a wash cloth, soaked with very warm bath water,
wrapped around the shaft until it starts to cool. It is the replaced with another. This process
can be performed on a flaccid or erect penis. The goal here is to draw blood to this area,
increasing blood flow and making the skin slightly elastic. Be careful not to use water to hot
or you could burn some very delicate tissue.
3. Milking your penis.
For this process you will need a lubricant, hand cream or mineral oil, etc. Spread the lubricant
over your hands and penis. Place one hand palm down, so that your thumb and forefinger are
at the root of your penis, encircle your penis with your thumb and forefinger, squeeze your
penis firmly and pull your hand down and away from your groin. As the first hand moves
away place your other hand in the same position and follow the first hands path. During this
process your penis must be limp. If you get an erection, you may either stop and let it go down
or continue until ejaculation, after which you may begin the process again. This may cause
your penis to become somewhat sore so start with a light amount of pressure and slowly
increase it to a firm hard pressure after a few days.
4. The penis pump.
Available by mail order from a number of sources, or you can build your own. Your penis is
inserted into the pump, and then you activate the pump. Do not attempt masturbation with the
pump, just let it do its job. It is important that you not alter the pump as you can cause blood
vessels to rupture from excessive vacuum. Your penis could also become malformed if to
much vacuum is applied or maintained for an extended period of time. One of the men who
participated in my study went to sleep while using an electric home made pump every night
for a week, the result was a mild deformation, when he urinates it is more of a spray than a
steady stream. Used correctly these devices are generally safe. If you would like to build your
own pump I can provide you with a material list and general directions for a small fee, E- mail
me for more info.
5. The stretch
The stretch, as it's name implies involves physically pulling on the penis. This can be
accomplished by a number of means. you can loop a string over the end of your penis, tie a
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weight to the other end and let it pull your penis. You can use a string tied to a balloon. You
can cut the end of the balloon off, stretch the balloon over the head of your penis then tie a
weight to it. This is a much more comfortable method. You can use a hose clamp, though I
found that this can be painful if the skin gets pinched in the mechanism. Velcro is another
option. Or you can buy a device to stretch your penis. You don't need a lot of weight, just
enough to put gentle tension on your penis.
OKAY! Now that you know the five techniques it is time to discuss how to use them
collectively. You don't have to use all of the above techniques to achieve growth. For instance
you can do none of the exercises and still achieve some increases, however, your erection may
not be as hard, your ejaculations may be weaker, etc. For best results you should use all of the
listed techniques.
You can break this program up and do part of it in the morning and part in the evening. If this
is what you intend to do you should always start and end each session with the hot compress.
To make it of any value you must be prepared to spend at least 30 minutes during each
session, and an hour is much better.
Example 1: You are just starting the program.
Start with the following for about a week, and if you experience no discomfort gradually add
more time.
1. Hot compress - 10 min
2. Milking - 10 min
3. Pump - 5 min.
4. Hot compress and Stretch - 15 min.
Example 2: For advanced users.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
PM routine
1. Hot compress- 15 min.
2. The Pump - 30 min
3. Hot compress and Stretch - 15 min.
4. Milking - 15 min
5. Hot compress and Stretch - 15 min.
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Please note that in all of the above examples I left out the exercises. This was not an error, the
exercises may be done totally separate from the rest of the program. It might be difficult to
hold your piss all day to wait for the program. You may want to do some of your exercises in
front of your partner prior to sex. For example "Look what I can do with my nuts" or "My
cock is twitching for you" as you do your exercise.
All of the preceding examples will produce results, some more or faster than others. So now
you know the techniques which have worked for me as well as many others. It does take time,
as you can see much of your 'free' time will have.
Penis anatomy
Penis anatomy
Your penis comprises three tubes, basically: one on each side and one on the bottom, which
contains the urethra and attaches to the glans, or head of the penis. (You can find diagrams in
the library in a good book on human anatomy.)
Those tubes fill up with blood during an erection, and expand. How much they expand differs
from person to person. With most men, the penis is smaller while flaccid and gets much larger
when erect. A minority have penises roughly the same size flaccid and erect. They just get
hard during an erection. Some people refer to "growers" and "show-ers."
The two tubes on the sides (corpora
cavernosa; singular corpus) are covered
with fascia which attaches to
suspensory ligaments, which in turn
attach to the abdomen or the pubic
bone. I'm not sure exactly how they
attach.
When you feel a little bumpiness under
the skin about halfway down your penis
shaft, you're probably feeling the
ligaments where they attach.
Alongside the dorsal vein on the top of the penis runs the dorsal nerve. The main problem
with loop attachment devices (Ironman, JES Extender, Peni-Stretcher, Max Xtender etc) is
that they tend to put the most pressure on the top of the penis, where there's the most chance
of creating problems with vein or nerve.
The spongy tissue of your penis extends inside your body as well (if you've never tried it, play
around behind your balls the next time you have an erection).
About foreskin
Foreskin is pretty amazing stuff.
3" long x
4.25"
I made the comparisons on the right to try to get an idea what the
difference in surface area is between when I'm soft and when I'm
hard.
Subtracting the length of the glans (1.25"), I found that the skin
was almost triple the surface area (259%) during an erection.
I had started to experiment with foreskin restoration before I got
Penis anatomy
Erect Girth
Visual comparisons
Compare yourself in the mirror with some object that will
be around a few months from now - a toilet paper tube or
deodorant container.
The change in my penis size in four months.
These visual comparisons are much more powerful than
simply using numbers. You can see them!
PC (Kegel) exercises
Questions
Does it really work?
Which technique works best?
What were your (tom Hubbard's) gains?
FORUM - post your questions here
Does penis size matter?
What's normal?
How big can you get?
How will this affect my sexual performance?
I'm (under 21) - should be doing this?
Can I make my penis thicker, but not longer?
Can I make the head (glans) bigger?
If I hang a weight on my penis, will it stretch out like a noodle?
Are there risks?
Is there some type of all-night option?
What about all the products, tests, etc. I see advertised on the web?
Is there anything that I can eat/take to enhance the size of my penis?
My penis curves (left, right up, down) - will any of these techniques help that?
Email Tom Hubbard
Which technique works best? The best technique is the one that works for you. Pulling on
your dick - either with a mechanical device or your hand - will get results if you are going to
get results. Surgery and pumping are, I believe, misguided and should be avoided.
Does penis size matter? If your penis size didn't matter to you, you wouldn't be here. So
obviously your penis size matters. The real question: does it matter to anyone else?
If your penis size matters to you, it matters. Find out why. Confront your own fears, shame
and anxieties in a penis journal. See general advice.
What's normal?
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Length:
Flaccid 3 - 4.5 inches (7.6 - 11.4)
Erect:: 5 - 6 inches (12.7 - 15.25 cm)
Girth (circumference):
Erect: 4.5 - 5.5 inches (11.4 - 14) at mid shaft
The centimeter measurements are rounded. I give them for your convenience only, not
because they are meant to be precise. You can find results numerous studies of penis size on
the web. The famous Kinsey statistics derive from self-measurements, and are flawed. Regard
all other surveys with healthy skepticism.
How big can you get? People who have success with these techniques report gains in length
of .5 - 2 inches (1.2 - 5 cm). Gains in erect girth: .5 - .75 inch (1.2 - 1.9 cm)
How will this affect my sexual performance? I have heard of no one having erection
problems as a result of the techniques and devices I recommend. Surgery and pumping,
however, can create all kinds of problems. Avoid them. Kegel, or PC, exercises can do
wonders to strengthen your erection.
I'm (under 21) - should be doing this? No one "should" be doing this, and if your penis size
is not a problem for you, don't make it one! You are probably still growing. You know how
many penis sizes there are - some guys your age are much bigger, and some much smaller.
That's perfectly normal. Don't believe that a smaller penis is going to somehow handicap you
in life (life is much smarter than that!). It's normal to have times of insecurity in adolescence.
It's normal to be curious about your body and its growth. But that doesn't mean it's the best
use of your time and energy. Turn off the computer! Get outside! Walk the dog! Help
someone else - anyone else - do something. Don't obsess on your penis - enjoy it and then
forget about it!
Can I make my penis thicker, but not longer? Not that I'm aware of.
Can I make the head (glans) bigger? I don't think so.
If I hang a weight on my penis, will it stretch out like a noodle? No. This colorful lie is
propagated by people who are trying to sell vacuum pumps or emailed milking instructions.
Obviously, they don't want you using weights - especially weights you learned about and built
for free. Over time, your penis responds to added weight by accommodating as well as
resisting. It accommodates by growing longer. It resists by growing stronger (thicker). I'm
sure a cell biologist could tear my ass up over this explanation, but I can assure you that my
weight experience added thickness as well as length.
Are there risks? Yes, of course. Be careful. If it's not comfortable, STOP immediately.
Avoid coldness, numbness, tingling sensations, especially with devices attached to your penis:
these are not good.
Is there some type of all-night option? None that I'd advise. I like to be conscious when
doing this: cutting of circulation raises the possibility of gangrene. (That's even worse than
surgery!)
What about all the products and programs I see advertised on the web? They're
advertised for a reason: because people make money selling them. If you've read my pages on
weights and milking, you've got more useful information than any of those sites will give you.
And you've gotten it for free. Congratulations.
I have reviewed the online manuals, including penile fitness (The Advanced Health Manual),
Jojido, and Project P. Mostly what's there is excess verbiage and almost incomprehensible
instructions. Anything useful has already been added to this site.
Pulling on your dick can make it longer. Instructions are on this site, and a tremendous
amount of support is available in the forum. Do you really need to spend money to validate
your belief that this might be a posibility for you?
Is there anything that I can eat/take to enhance the size of my penis? This is a recurring
subject of discussion in the forum. Other than healthy food and normal vitamins and minerals,
the answer seems to be no.
My penis curves (left, right up, down) - will any of these techniques help that? I'm not
sure. My erection always pointed straight up, and after milking for a long period I noticed it
titled to the right slightly. I then realized that I milked with my right hand. So it may be that
favoring one side or the other while milking will have some effect. Also, if you wrap weights
around the shaft, you can experiment with ways to hold the penis curved one way or another.
It might make a difference.
Does it work?
Here are some excerpts from the Forum...
[My erection] became much firmer after I started milking, just like I was a teen again. I
have seen some others say that they have a similar experience after they start milking.
Seems to be another benefit.
I have been milking for 6 weeks now and I can honestly say that there has been some
improvement.
I started with 4.24" flaccid & 6.5" erect. I now have 4.75" flaccid & 6.9" erect. I also
gained about 1/4" diameter.
I took it easy the first 10 days or so and every since then I milk for at least 1/2 hour
(400 strokes) every morning 5 days a week. I can definitely tell the difference...
I have also noticed that my erections are a lot harder - later in the day. I haven't had a
hard-on like that since a was a teen. The head is stretched shiny and it curves up like a
banana!
(Dr. in his 60s): Weights (3#) work. I am a little sporadic, but a much firmer and
thicker handful and 3/4 inch in length isn't bad. And sex is a new world.
(Australian, age 21): I first started the Jelq exercises you described on your page in
early April 1997. I started because I wasn't overly impressed the size of my penis when
flaccid (about 3 inches). I knew my erect size was average (6 inches) but any one who
might happen to see it under 'normal' circumstances would be far from impressed. I did
the exercises almost daily for about a week but then slackened off to 3 or 4 times a
week. There were weeks where I'd only do it once or twice. Each session only lasts for
about 10 -15 minutes and I usually only do 1, but also 2, session per day... usually
when I wake up and/or before I go to bed. My penis started to feel thicker within a
week. My girlfriend first noticed a difference probably after 2 weeks. After 3-4 weeks
my penis had probably grown about 1 cm. After 2 months about 2 cm and now after 3
months an inch (2.54 cm) from the original size. I never measured diameter but it's
definitely thicker. I think that it is important to do the exercises regularly especially
when you first start. I noticed that if I went a week without doing anything, my penis
would begin to shrink again. I don't notice this effect anymore which leads me to feel
that the growth has become more permanent. I didn't measure the diameter before I
commenced the Jelq exercises, but I'd estimate it was slightly under 5 inches. It is now
approx. 5 1/2 inches. My initial length was approx. 6 inches and is now exactly 7
inches. I am going to continue the exercises (as I think they've just become a bit of a
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habit now) and see if I can make any further gains. Thanks again, I feel I owe you
one!!
After INTENSIVE 4 months works to enlarge my penis using 4 methods all together,
MILKING, PUMP, WEIGHT, and STRETCHING, I can now confirm that big penis is
possible. But it has to be INTENSIVE and SERIOUS!!! I started from 5.5" long and 5"
grid, now I am approaching 7.5" (8" if press against the bone) and 6.3" around.
Actually, I have started trying everything mentioned before but not the same time and
not seriously, because I don't want my g-friend to know, and there was no gain at all.
However, my chance had come when she had to go overseas for 4 months. I had
collected all knowledge and started working to enlarge my penis with all devices and
techniques I had, PLUS AT LEAST 4 eggs, PLUS 1/2 kg of beef, PLUS 2 Km of
Jogging everyday. I hung 1.5 kg weight about 3 hours a day between the set of
STRETCHING, MILKING, and PUMP in the morning and evening. I did
STRETCHING about 3-5 minutes before MILKING at 1,000+ laps then PUMP for 30
minutes. The reason I applied every technique because I didn't know which exercise
was the best to me, so why not do everything. I tried not to measure my penis during 4
months (actually I did measure twice after first month and before my g-friend return
because it was so tempted to measure when you feel your penis really get bigger). I
stop any exercise every Friday just like the body workout program. The difficulties I
found throughout were the tired thumps from 1,000+ lap milking in the first two
weeks, and could not grip well on my 6+" around penis in the last month. Also, I spent
a lot of lube (6 bottles or so) in milking session only just tried not to burn my skin with
those 1,000 laps. I am sure that noone has done this 'mad exercise' to enlarge the penis.
So if you have no 'gain' so far, ask yourself if you have had enough 'pain'. Even until
now, I really don't know what exercise or practice I have done, work for the gain.
However, I don't want to know anymore because I have got what I want now.
Oh...almost forget to mention about two other bonus, one my penis is now very veiny
(the main blood vessels almost twice the size of their original), and two, I can prolong
the orgasm to about 30+ minutes or so (actually, she doesn't like much about this
second benefit because she has got too tired to make me cum
I have been milking as described for 5 weeks now and I can honestly say that I have
seen some improvement. My length has improved slightly (1/8th inch), but I have
really noticed that my hard erection is a lot firmer and about 1/4" wider in diameter. I
now have a hard time getting any fingers completely around it and I DO have long
fingers. My wife has also noticed a difference and she enjoys that! I will continue and I
will keep you informed.
I've milked for about three momths and have gained over 5/8" erect, a similar amount
flaccid, and some girth, too. Be patient and steady, progress will come.
My heartfelt gratitude to Tom for maintaining this web site. How wonderful to dicuss
this with other people ! Also, and most important to me was the informaton shared by
you particpants.
I found this site in May and began my exercising. Now in October, I am at 6 3/4 " in
length, gaining 1 1/4 ". I know that this really doesn't really mean anything to anyone
else, but I feel so much better about myself now. No matter what I achieved, my
self-esteem about having a small penis was always there haunting me.
My exercises consists mostly of stretching and milking. It is impossible for me to wear
weights at any time, because of the lack of privacy. I wish I could, maybe I'd gain
more.
I usually start out grasping the head with my index and ring finger under the base of
the head and the fat pad of my thumb on top of the head.I pull down and side to side
and eventually in all directions. Then I bagin milking switching from the base and then
to about 1/2 from the head and pulling down all the time. I also grasp the head and
milk the under side of the base while pulling down. As the blood is pushed to the head,
I loosen the grip on and head and pick the pressure in the head and continue the
pull.Sort of like a kneading wave motion.
That's all the exercises I do. I started with 15 minutes and progressed to 45 to 1 hour.
Although I was skeptical at first, I am now a firm believer that with a plan, and some
work, you will see results.
In a weeks time, I have seen changes that I thought were not possible.
The milking exercises has increased my flaccid state from 4" to 5 1/4"!! ( If you have
read Tom's site, as he says, "just give it a pull" and it will respond. Instead of being
conscious of my size while visting the men's room, I give it a tug, and hope the guy
next to me looks over:-)
As for the increase in length that I achieved during a measuring session, I couldn't
believe it. Measuring from the pelvic bone, I was before I started, right on 6". After a
weeks worth of exercises, I was 6 7/8"!! Almost a whole inch!
I am not going to try to get to 8", but I will continue my program, and hopefully be
able to maintain what I have increased by.
Again it has only been a week, but I will continue to work at it, and see what happens.
Let me tell you about my experience:
I also bought a cylinder from Vacutech about 2 years ago. I used it cautiously, with
reletively low pressure for extended periods for several months. My longtime girlfriend
knew about it and thought it was sweet that I was doing it and kinda enjoyed handling
it bought didn't much care one way or the other. She let me now it was more for me
than her. (Incidentally, I'm just over 6.5" by 5.5", what I consider to be the large end of
average) We always were VERY successful in bed and to her, it was big enough, but
more importantly, she said, nice-looking. The thing that made me stop using it was that
I was also seeing a darkening, despite low pressure, and moreover, after a long enough
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Worth a look into if you're deprived
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always elements of intrigue, mystery, and open conflict in the mix. For years, of
course, having a penis is an absolute convenience. You get nine, ten, eleven great
years of simple and efficient water work out of the thing, and the lesson it has for boys
is clear: Point that thing out there. It does not engender introspection, inspection,
circumspection, or any other form of spection. That's what is necessary to know about
the way men are trained: They are not practiced in second thinking. You're ten years
old, hiding in a bush during a twilight game of tag, and you have to piss, so you unzip
there quietly as the kid who is it approaches. Get it over with, because you're going to
have to run for your life in ten seconds. It's what you do.
Then it starts to get unnerving. In the spring of sixth grade, the girls at Edison
Elementary are all called into the auditorium to see a film with their mothers. The boys
are kept in Mr. Durrant's room and not told one word about the whole deal, except it's
clear from the looks on everyone's faces that the world as we know it is coming to an
end. And we boys know it well, have mastered this world--in fact, we like it, love it,
really, and it is over. They are complicating it. Nothing will ever be the same. This
moment is the moment that will give all future conspiracy theories a chance.
Something's going on.
Mr. Durrant sits with the sixth-grade boys in his classroom. We have a talk in which he
deflects all our questions with phrases full of "hygiene" and "maturity." He throws
around a few mystery words, among them genitals. I sit there in the blond afternoon
light of Mr. Durrant's classroom and wait for the bell to ring.
At the corner of Concord Street after school, Marvin Hilbar stops me. "Hey, Ronnie," he
says. "What's going on?" I tell him I don't know. Behind him I can see all the girls and
their mothers drifting out of the school in pairs toward their cars. They all look down,
serious and brave, as if burdened with some new grief. They walk away as if from a
state funeral.
Marvin Hilbar's face has a look I've never seen before, the kind of worry that will
engender and fill volumes of self-help books for the next forty years, and he says, "I
heard Mr. Durrant say 'genitals.' How many you got? Because I just got the one." And
for a real minute there, on a corner that is as real a place for me as any in my
memory, I, too, feel the little twinge of worry. It hadn't hit me sooner because I was in
denial. We are at that place where we cross over, and now it will be other people
giving our bodies words. Genitals ? Get out of my way. We don't want any. We want to
be boys.
Childhood ends on that corner. It was a garden, lush and carefree, and then the girls
see a movie and we're all asked to pack up and get out.
THE SECOND PURPOSE
Then the rest of the news descends. The second purpose of the penis makes itself
manifest. It's been behaving strangely for years, changing shape of its own accord,
standing for who knows what reason, many times getting right in the way. We
understand only part of this; that is, we know it is possible to cause the phenomenon.
But other times, the phenomenon arrives unannounced, an open surprise, like a
spaceship full of hormones landing on the front lawn; where is it from, and who sent
it? Is it friendly?
And the language! We never, ever use the word genitals. Ye gods, scrotum, a word
that could easily make the finals for most ungainly, unlovely body word, is easier to
say than genitals, because scrotum is inscrutable, but genitals has that blatant Latin
root that could link us with fatherhood in a hearty synapse. Meanwhile, we use
everything but Latin roots to name this male member--although I've heard it called
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"the Latin root" (a prep-school joke)--and it has the honor of having more nicknames
than any other facet of the human body. Listing them here would take ten thousand
words, if not eleven, and they've been cataloged elsewhere already. There are quiet
but real connotative differences between single- and multiple-syllable words, and, as
any man will tell you, there are times when it has more than one syllable. There are
names that accurately describe it as a goofy and benign gadget and those that make it
seem like an uncontrollable and savage weapon. There are pet names, ridiculous
names, people's names. What all the nicknames speak to louder than anything is the
sense of dichotomy that this appendage creates in the hearts of men.
I've heard it called Little Davey, Dick, Peter, and Johnson, as well as unit, member,
thing, and, of course, thingee. If we were really looking at the penis, its form and
function in the body, it might more often be called Che or Fidel, because there it is,
standing at the crossroads of the body politic, in the center of town, where all roads
converge, stopping traffic and waving its flag, and when it stands, the rest of your
quiet little town listens. Your body may have had perfectly logical and well-measured
plans for the day, and now there's this uprising, and not way back on the wrong side of
the tracks at the edge of town. This is the first thing about you--when you walk into a
room, it goes first.
The human penis, of course, is a fleshy member containing no bones or cartilage. The
walrus penis has a bone in it, an evolutionary device called the oosik, which is a great
help in cold water. The human penis becomes erect when engorged with blood, and
the blood it takes to inflate the male member is exactly the amount of blood needed in
the portion of the brain used for conscientious behavior. You cannot, as some of the
vernacular goes, think with it, but it can certainly detour and delay and rewire what
should have been thinking.
RETURNING THE SPELLING TESTS
Nocturnal emissions, many times, are a young man's first experience with ejaculation.
They make you realize, even more than the random unbidden erections of boyhood,
that life in a male body is going to be, some of it, beyond your managing. You go to
sleep during a period of your life when your cells are screaming and singing with
growth, and sleep--though you resist it--is like nectar. And you wake up having
committed something. Evidently, Little Willy has decided to act on your behalf, and he
and his sidekicks have gone out and struck in the night. You sit on the edge of the bed
and check out this little mess, viscous and confusing and daunting, and then the
dream emerges through the mist: You are talking to Veronica LaMonge, speaking to
her beautiful face--a girl who sits three desks ahead of you and one over in social
studies, a girl so ideal you've never spoken to her in person or touched her hand (or
made eye contact) when she passed back the spelling test--and in the dream you are
talking to her, explaining how you raised the handlebars on your bicycle and painted it
yourself, speaking real close to her face, in fact, so close that your arms are around
her and you can feel the warmth of her breasts and feel the pressure of them, their
very curves against you, curves you've only seen indented against the ledge of her old
school desk, and then your hands are in her back pockets, on her healthy bottom,
pulling her without compunction or worry directly against the hot place where Fidel
stands beaming, waving his flag and shouting his raw and inflammatory exhortations,
commencing once and for all the revolution. Of course, the moment fuses, and there's
an explosion.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
About this same time in a young man's development, the location of the male
appendage becomes a source of comfort and anguish. It's right there within easy
reach, an incredible design advantage. If it were closer to the knee, masturbation
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might be more of a challenge. But not much. In case young men are slow to catch on,
the penis is put right in front of everything, and when the hand falls at arm's length,
the fingers naturally curl, and it is this length of arm and curve of hand that helps
tailors cut suit sleeves perfectly and helps every man find his little revolutionary.
We've been told day and night for years to keep our hands to ourselves, and now,
finally, that seems like a good idea. For the untutored, which is exactly the condition of
every incipient masturbator, it is a remarkable activity: so clever and stimulating, with
such clear result!
I remember having first stumbled across that frontier and being certain in my guilty
heart that I had invented something dire. My junior-high team was playing a
Saturday-morning game at the National Guard armory on Sunnyside Avenue, and I
have a vivid recollection of the couple dozen people in the big, cold, empty room,
parents and siblings and coaches and the two pale, skinny teams--I was worried about
them all as I ran the hardwood floors. The tide had risen for me the night before, and I
had sought (and found) its release (one of sixteen thousand ways to describe that and
not be too indelicate), and I felt--at twelve years old, in the seventh grade--that if I
could find a way to tell them all about this thing that was happening to me, which I
had certainly created, they, too, could have knowledge. It was a burden. I know that
for three or four weeks that strange year, I was the least innocent person on this
round world.
QUANTITY
Size--does it matter? Bigger is better; less is more. The rule of thumb (a nice phrase in
itself) became that size doesn't matter. It was what you did with what you had, the
sexperts told us. It didn't matter, they said, whether you carried a pen or a peninsula.
The reality for a man is simply that when the penis grows erect, it is in the way, which
is another way of saying plenty. The blue whale's penis is nearly sixteen feet long; the
grizzly bear, more closely related to man, has erections that average six inches in
length and require more cooperation from his mate. This size thing has generated its
own macho mythology, the way that any concealed weapon might.
Size matters, of course, but not in the obvious way. When the penis first does its little
parlor trick, standing at attention or even parade rest, of course it is arresting. That
the penis could grow alert enough to transform into the rigid, single-minded agent of
sperm delivery, every orgasm containing enough male gametes to populate four of the
seven continents, is a wonder that handily eclipses the other side of this phenomenon.
But size matters through the regular days of regular guys, those moments, hours,
days, weeks, and months that make up the 99 percent of our lives when the riot of sex
subsides and the smoke has cleared and the citizens have gone to their homes or work
and we're walking around not tall but small. Size matters most frequently to every
man in that his penis can shrink, adjust, do everything but disappear and retract like
the head of the sage--and long-lived--turtle. We're not talking normal here but
smaller. This isn't flaccid, another word that has been utterly appropriated for the male
organ. This is much tighter than that. The testicles go north, and the penis buttons
itself up against the abdomen. It wants one thing now: to be out of the way. This is a
fabulous design feature, but not one that men are quick to note or illustrate. It
becomes effective and necessary when we run a marathon, ride a horse, sprint across
a tennis court to slice a backhand winner, change a tire, sit perfectly still in that chair
in the boss's office going over our expense accounts with the boss himself and the
comptroller, or wake suddenly to the ringing phone at quarter past three in the
morning. We are not, however, going to read a scene in which a man celebrates how
small his little penis was able to become at a moment when he needed it to be tiny,
just real tiny: "I was so small, man, it was amazing!"
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BALLS
There's an obligatory moment in every recent American film when the good guy kicks
the bad guy in the groin. It's a square shot and has the bad guy doubled up in a
second, both hands cupped over what we actually call the family jewels. He can't
breathe. His eyes are crossed. He goes down. It's a kind of coup de grace in stupid film
fighting, and I, for one, have seen enough of it. The testicles, part of the plural of
genitals, have a near-perfect design, as the scrotum is engineered to hold them tight
or let them float. When someone actually kicks you in the balls, as the testicles are
called from here to Provo, most often--but not always--they slide off the blow with the
same motion that makes bobbing for apples a viable sport. In my neighborhood, we
walked the top bar of steel fences, and I became a champion at it, able to tightrope
along for a hundred yards. There was no one more surprised than I when my tennis
shoes slipped one day and I fell to a sharp straddle on the steel bar. My buddies froze,
anticipating the groan, the gasp, the fall, but not this time: My tender testicles,
sensing first contact with the metal, rose softly up and let my bottom take the blow,
and I dismounted intact and, after a moment's inspection, with a smile.
I wasn't always so lucky. I took a couple of direct hits. The worst was in the batter's
box when I was fourteen, during an automotive-league baseball game. Every pitcher
knows that the way to brush a batter back is to throw inside; the way to hit him surely
is to throw behind him. You know the batter will instinctively twist back into it. I don't
know why this kid wanted to hit me, but I know he did, for he threw a sidearm fastball
behind me, and I turned in the half second I had and took the pitch as solidly in the
balls as any blow I've ever received. On the ground in an instant, I curled up and
waited. The pain from such an injury is not unlike a sharp ice-cream headache (in the
abdomen, just below the navel) in that, when the first wave hits, you know there'll be
five more large, rolling swells that work toward a kind of crescendo and then only
gradually subside. That day, after a minute looking up into my coach's face, I took first
base under my own power, standing shakily in the strange new day. A moment later,
after they'd retired the side, I stood in the outfield, and the tremors of pain continued,
large and regular, and then as the sun tilted, I swooned, crashing into the grass, the
only time I ever fainted in my life. Center field was lush and green and probably the
best place a boy could choose to go over like a door.
THE REAL GIRL
For every boy, there are two girls: the one you know pretty well because she is
featured in your fantasies, and though you know her only in photographs, there is
some posture or expression that has become for you a sweet, single ticket for release.
Your wild Fidel rises--needs to, really--and with a little manipulation and the right
spread in Playboy, he speaks his piece. This is just physical.
The other girl is something else; the other girl is a real girl, and she embodies the
quandary that is at the center of so much of our literature. She complicates everything
wonderfully with a notion we sometimes call love. When I was seventeen, I sat in the
window of a Mexican restaurant in deep downtown Salt Lake City with such a girl. This
was near Exchange Place, in the shadows of the old office buildings, their gray facades
ornate and metropolitan in a city with so few glimpses of urban note; the restaurant
has been gone so long now that it feels like something I'm making up, which I am not,
but that is how it felt to us then, too: that this was simply a set arranged so we could
transcend the ordinary errands of a school day. There was honestly a red-checked
tablecloth, and we sat there like what we were, that is, young people about to enter
the world. It was like being lost in our city for that moment, and I noted her smile and
her auburn hair, and I had a faint sense even then that I was in, that this was it for
me. I'm setting this all down because there I was with a member--as the saying
goes--of the opposite sex, thirty months away from bringing any sex into the equation,
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and when we did begin the exploration and adventure of sex, there was my old friend,
the penis, but things were different for us now. He wasn't the first guy through the
door. I was first, and he followed. It makes sense to separate us this way. He'd had his
way with me from time to time and would again at the odd moment, but now the penis
played only a supporting role. I was in love and wouldn't get out. I was happy for all of
it; these thirty years since, it has been my life. The lesson ends here. The oldest
lesson. You think you know the pains and pleasures of living in a body, and then love
doubles everything and then doubles that again. The penis makes sense at last.
After having been pushed and pulled and rent in twain at times--fires in the streets of
my heart, people running in panic through the alleyways, breaking glass, sounding
alarms--suddenly there was quiet, and the streetlamps came on, and people came to
their porches to listen for music, which also arose, and the revolution had done its
work, found its reason. Important alliances had been formed, and in the new, vigorous
peace, there was a discussion, a banquet of new proportion, and then dancing.
PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Viagra and all its stimulating cousins are fine, but their
availability should be based on doctors' orders, a waiting period, and a background
check.
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By Ron Carlson
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